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Localized Outbreak of Flea-Born Typhus Reported in L.A. Neighborhood
Health officials said 109 cases have been reported countywide this year, and six of seven patients in the latest outbreak were hospitalized.
- Los Angeles County health officials reported Tuesday an outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Wilshire Center neighborhood, where seven symptomatic cases were identified and six people were hospitalized.
- Flea-Borne typhus spreads through infected fleas commonly found on rats and wildlife; growing concerns persist about Los Angeles's rat population, which one pest ranking named the "rattiest" city in America.
- Countywide data shows 109 cases reported so far this year, following a record 220 cases recorded in 2025, which marked a 17% increase compared to the prior year.
- County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis urged residents to use flea control on pets and secure trash, noting that 90% of infected individuals were hospitalized though the disease is treatable with antibiotics.
- This incident marks the second localized outbreak reported in the county this year, following an earlier cluster in Pico-Union, though officials emphasize the risk of flea-borne typhus exists countywide.
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In Los Angeles, there was an outbreak of a "medieval" disease due to unsanitary conditions
In Los Angeles, there was an outbreak of a "medieval" disease due to unsanitary conditions.US health authorities are investigating a local outbreak of flea fever in the Wilshire Center area (Los Angeles). At least seven people fell ill, six of...
Los Angeles’ Latest Typhus Outbreak: More ‘Medieval’ Conditions
Los Angeles has a flea-borne typhus outbreak in L.A.’s Wilshire Center, causing seven people to get sick, six were hospitalized. There have been 109 typhus cases this year, and more than 220 last year in LA. The disease, historically associated with earlier eras of poor sanitation and rattus-rattus population explosions, is re-emerging in L.A. County. Health officials say fleas are the key exposure. Remember when the California legislature banne…
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